Coach T had this to say: “Certainly. We’re gonna need more, particularly as this road narrows, but guys like Kenny and myself, we’re measured by wins and losses. He and I talk about that often and openly. We know what our jobs are. Our jobs are to win. And so that’s where we are, that’s where our focus is. I love the fact that he embraces that.”
Will this be the added juice necessary to help Kenny unleash his inner first round pick a little more? Or a nothing burger?
I’m looking at passing charts from 2021 from Next Gen Stats and that’s just simply not true. Mason Rudolph in his one game and Big Ben over many others look vastly different compared to Kenny. Let me see if I can add some links to this.
Here’s a Kenny sample size.
Kenny Week 2 https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/charts/list/all/pittsburgh-steelers/2023/2
Kenny week 3 https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/charts/list/all/pittsburgh-steelers/2023/3
Kenny week 4 https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/charts/list/all/pittsburgh-steelers/2023/4 (This one is really fucking bad)
Kenny week 5 https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/charts/list/all/pittsburgh-steelers/2023/5
You get the point now right? A 4 game sample should be enough.
Now here’s a 4 game sample from our guy Ben.
Week 1 (didn’t use MOF much here) https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/charts/list/all/pittsburgh-steelers/2021/1
Week 2 (About 10 of his 27 completions MOF) https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/charts/list/all/pittsburgh-steelers/2021/1
Week 3 (Dear god look at this one) https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/charts/list/all/pittsburgh-steelers/2021/3
Week 4 (You can see the trend of not using MOF in this one) https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/charts/list/all/pittsburgh-steelers/2021/4
And fuck it here’s Mason Rudolph. Why is he trusted so much more to use MOF? https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/charts/list/all/pittsburgh-steelers/2021/10